GOVERNMENT-PROVIDED EMPLOYEE PARKING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85-00988R000600100029-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 25, 1999
• Sequence Number: 29
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDU~~i FOR: Deputy Director for Support
SUEJECT Government-:Provided Employee Parking
REFERENCE Memo dtd 26 May 70 to DCI fx DD/S, same
subject
1. This memorandum is for your information.
2. The purpose of the reference was to establish a basis
for the Director to determine that it is essential for the
Agency to provide employees assigned to the Rosslyn area with
parking facilities at Government expense. The purpose of this
memorandum is to update .and reconfirm the cuxrent validity of
the facts, and that they also apply to employees who have been
relocated subsequent to submission of reference in the Chamber
of Commerce Building at 4604 Fairfax Drive, Arlington.
3. The reference established that:
a. The Comptroller General, in two decisions in
February 1970, ruled that the General Services Adminis-
tration has authority to lease parking spaces for
vehicles of emp~.oyees "where it is determined that in
order to employ and retain personnel to perform the
work of the agency at a particular location and thus
avoid a significant impairment of operating effi-
ciency..." The rulings involved the Department of
Transportation in the District of Columbia, and Depart-
ment of the Navy in "buildings in Arlington County
adjacent to the District of Columbia."
b. The availability of free parking was nil far
1,90.0 personnel in the Rosslyn area, while there were
5,950 free parking spaces at Headquarters and other
area locations.
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SUBJECT; Government-Provided Employee Parking
a. So far as we know, only one agency, the Depart-
~ent of Transportation, has taken action under the
Comptroller General. rulings to provide leased parking
facilities at no expense to its employees. The Office
of Management and Budget apposes such action, and a
recent press release concerning this apposition is
attached.
b. Free parking continues to be unavailable within
reasonable proximity of Agency offices in Rosslyn, and
there is no indication that such facilities will be
planned or become available in the future.
c. The average monthly cost of the 818 parking
s:pac.e$ .ava.l.able ,in. the ?Ames, ;Key,,,.; and,Magazine`' Buildings ,
has increased to $24. Seven hundred and eighty=eight
of these spaces are leased to Agency employees at an
annual cast of $227,000. The scarcity of Rosslyn parking
facilities is such that there are waiting lists for
par-king spaces at both the Ames and Key Buildings. The
number of Agency employees driving to work in the Rosslyn
area, but not parking in Agency leased buildings, is not
known. This information and an updating of the residential
patterns included in reference could be obtained only
through another parking survey. We do not propose such
action because of the time required, and the probability
of raising false hopes again on the part of Agency
employees worki~n.g in the Rosslyn area.
d. Due to the general trend toward increased Rosslyn
parking rates and the disparity compared with the free
parking privilege afforded to Headquarters employees, the
Rosslyn parking-cast irritant can be expected to continue
as a souxce of employee discontent, r
e. The four individual bus systems in the Washington
area are now under public ownership and the Washington
Me~tropalitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) recently
began operating all area bus transportation on a consoli-
dated system basis. Due to this consolidation, bus
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SUBJEsCT: :Government-Provided Employee Parking
schedules are now undergoing extensive review. and
revision,. anal WMATA officials advise that it will be
two weeks be-fore they can provide a comprehensive
.synopsis of the revised schedules between Rosslyn and
the various areas where Agency employees live. Although
a number of schedule changes will undoubtedly take place,
it is assumed that bus service and fare costs are
approximately the same at this time as they were during
the public transportation survey conducted as a part of
the study under reference. Some reduction in costs are
already being afforded to those who must transfer buses,
since free transfers are? now- provided -system-wide by. ~ ~.... .
WM~.TA. With regard to future fare costs, WMATA afficials
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~.paint:._out that holding them at present levels depends
primarily- on driver personnel wages 'since they represent ~`?
75 percent oaf bus system costs.
f. Agency requirements for Rosslyn parking must
:necessarily be projected at 788 since this represents
the total of all spaces available for employee use at this
time in Agency leased buildings in Rosslyn. -Funds totalling
$22T,000 annually will be needed to undertake the cost of
the 788 Rosslyn parking spaces.-
- g. Problems similar to those in the Rosslyn area may
orQntinue to exist with those relatively few employees who
-are under cower in most cases and located in scattered
commercial buildings both within and outside the Washington
area. It is considered that any solutions reached on the
Rosslyn problem can be used as guiding principles in
tailoring solutions to any similar situations found to
exist on a smaller scale at the other scattered locations.
5. A review of the parking situation at the~Chamber of
Commerce Building indicates that the facts concerning the
Rosslyn problem are generally applicable to both locations.
Following is supplemental information related specifically _.._
the Chamber of Commerce location:
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SUBJECT: Government-Provided Employee Parking
a. Two hundred and eleven Agency employees are
now parking in or adjacent to the building at an average
cost of $16 monthly, or a total of $41,000 annually. At
present there is no waiting Iist for parking space at
the building.
b. WMATA officials advise that revised bus service
and fares applicable to the Chamber of Commerce location
will be generally equivalent to those for Rosslyn.
c. Agency requirements for Chamber of Commerce
Building parking are projected at 211 since there is no
?waiti~g list and~this?represents the total of all require-
ments for employee use at this location. Funds to under-
take the cost of the 211 Chamber of Commerce parking
spaces will total $41,`000 annually. ?
6. In summary, current parking space requirements in
the Rosslyn and Chamber of Commerce Building areas total 999
overall. Providing these spaces at Government expense will
require $268,000 annually. In addition, there may be other
instances where Government-provided parking will be found
essential for employees working under similar circumstances
in scattered locations within and outside the Washington area.
The extent of such requirements is considered to be relatively
small and will not result in any substantive change to the above
overall requirements.
John F. Blake
Director of Logistics
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